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OUTLINE OF NATURE-STUDY 



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Problems — 



How do turtles differ from other animals that you know? 

 How is this moth (or butterfly) different from other insects that you 

 know such as the grasshopper? 

 V. The Returning Birds. 



1. Bird calendar; name of bird, date first seen, name of child first 



reporting. 



2. Bird walks. 



3. Special study of house wren, scarlet tanager, and rose-breasted 



grosbeak. 



4. Building nesting houses for the wren. 



5. Audubon Bird Club organized and meetings held thru term. 

 Problems — 



Which do you think is the prettier bird the tanager or grosbeak? 



How can we tell these from other birds? 



Why would you like to have a wren nest around your home this 



summer? 

 What kind of a house shall we make for a wren to nest in? (See 



type lesson, page 164). 

 What can our Bird Club do to help the birds? 

 VI. New Life Among Animals. 



Methods of hatching hen's eggs. 

 Problem — 



Which is the better way of hatching eggs to use an incubator or let 

 the hen do it? 

 VII. The Changing Season. 



1. Signs of spring. Collection of pictures, making booklet to show 



spring's return. 



2. Weather record for one month (May). Individual record kept in 



writing. 



3. Changes in brook. Visit brook. Note changes included in signs 



of spring. Pictures of brook in March and May. 

 Problems — 



Let us make a collection of pictures to show signs of spring. 

 How does the brook in May look different than it did in March? 



March 

 Give out seed envelopes. 

 Twigs of trees. 

 Plant seeds indoors. 

 Signs of spring. 

 Use of food in pea. 

 Changes in brook. 



Seasonal Order of Topics 

 April 

 Bird calendar. 

 Start bird club. 

 Lessons on home garden. 

 Calendar of tree flowers. 

 Turtles. 



Flower calendar. 

 Violets. 



House for wren. 

 Hatching eggs. 



May 

 Weather record. 

 House wren. 

 Moth. 

 Grosbeak. 

 Hyacinth. 



Flowers of fruit trees. 

 Tanager. 



Excursions for flowers. 

 Bird walks. 

 Changes in brook. 



